On episode #86 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Elysha Dicks and I talk storytelling! In our follow up segment, we discuss listener comments and upcoming events. In our Homework…

It took me way too long to solve this crossword puzzle because of the ridiculous clue for 1-across: “A place to put dishes” Thie sink? Dishes are not “put” in…

The line for the woman’s restroom was so long that it was wrapped around itself in spirals in the lower level of the Broadhurst Theater last night. At least 100…

Yesterday was my birthday, and it was pretty great. Our living room furniture finally arrived, so after more than a month of not watching a single thing on our brand-new…

I love good names. Perhaps this is because my last name is Dicks. Perhaps it’s because I had an uncle and great-uncle named Harry Dicks. Perhaps it’s because my father’s…

It’ll take you all of four minutes to watch this. It will be time very well spent.

Congratulations to Devan Sandiford, Speak Up storyteller who just won his first Moth StorySLAM last week. Devan is my 20th storytelling student to win a Moth StorySLAM or GrandSLAM. As…

On episode #85 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Elysha and I talk storytelling! In our follow up segment, we discuss some Homework for Life feedback from listeners and clients,…

The Oatmeal by Matthew Inman is one of the best online comics that you will ever read. His comic pertaining to Valentines Day is incredibly funny. Go and read the…

I found this on the art table. Charlie’s handwriting. I just moved on.